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Convergent and discriminant validity tests for Fitzgibbon-Johnson political scales

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Hill, K.Q., Hurley, P.A. Convergent and discriminant validity tests for Fitzgibbon-Johnson political scales. Qual Quant 15, 433–443 (1981). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00190410

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